Local models transitioned from being primarily privacy-focused toys to practical tools for coding, private document management, and local workflows within a year. While they still fall short of replacing top closed models for complex tasks requiring planning and error correction, the overall improvement in usability and performance is evident.
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Local models went from mostly useless to actually useful in one year
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Mistral AI
Alibaba (Qwen)
Moonshot AI
AI agents
Code generation
Open weights
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